regress

noun

  1. 1

    returning to a former state

  2. 2

    the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

verb

  1. 1

    go back to bad behavior

    Those who recidivate are often minor criminals

  2. 2

    get worse or fall back to a previous condition

  3. 3

    go back to a previous state

    We reverted to the old rules

  4. 4

    go back to a statistical means

Synonyms

Also useful for “regress”:Unscrambler